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Why Isn’t Jackie At The Love Is Blind Reunion? She’s With Josh Now
Fans were looking for Jackie and Josh at the highly anticipated live event — but they were nowhere to be seen.
Jackelina “Jackie” Bonds didn’t make it to her wedding day on Love Is Blind Season 4, ultimately breaking things off with Marshall Glaze to pursue a potential connection with Josh Demas instead. But neither Josh nor Jackie showed up at the Love Is Blind reunion on April 16. So, where were they?
It’s unclear why the couple skipped the reunion, but it’s very possible they were watching together from home — because Josh and Jackie live together now. “Me and Josh are together,” Jackie told People in an interview published the same night as the much-delayed “live” reunion. “We’re moved in, and we’re starting our life.”
That might not be too surprising if you’ve been looking out for spoilers re: Josh and Jackie, who were actually spotted together at a baseball game while the season was still airing. Jackie didn’t seem to need closure, either, recently telling Bustle that she didn’t “regret anything with the relationship with Marshall at all.”
But still, fans were hoping to see Jackie, Josh, and Marshall work through the love triangle drama at the show’s highly anticipated reunion — especially since those technical difficulties left them waiting for quite a while.
The couple’s absence sparked strong reactions on Twitter.
While Josh and Jackie never showed up for the reunion in person, they did Zoom with co-host Vanessa Lachey the day before. During the conversation, it was revealed that Josh and Jackie have indeed been together since filming wrapped last year.
Viewers weren’t a fan of the video appearance, though, since it meant Josh and Jackie couldn’t answer for the drama in real time.
Jackie has previously voiced her concerns about the way Love Is Blind edited her breakup with Marshall, so that could be another factor in her skipping the reunion. After her final episode with Marshall aired, she took to Instagram to “speak the truth” about the sequence of events.
“Marshall and I were broken up before I saw Josh at the coffee shop,” she wrote in an April 8 post, pointing out details like different clothes and hair to illustrate that the timeline was off. “I am not sure what the reason is for playing the coffee shop date before the break up but to restate, Marshall and I were broken up before Josh and I had our coffee shop date.” Jackie also addressed the ring drama, saying Marshall never even paid for the engagement ring he gave Jackie — but rather, the show did.
